1st Edition
The Ideals of Joseph Ben-David The Scientist's Role and Centers of Learning Revisited
By Liah Greenfeld
Copyright 2012
237 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
237 Pages
by
Routledge
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Joseph Ben-David died twenty-five years ago, in January 1986. An eminent sociologist of science, and a co-founder of this sub-discipline, he was only sixty-five years old. Few social scientists are remembered after they die and can no longer parlay their influence into the goods of this world for colleagues and acquaintances. This was not Ben-David's fate. His work continues to be taught and... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Science in a Small Country, 2. Astrology and Science: A Renaissance Problem, 3. Social Framework of Early Theoretical Science, 4. Competition and Quality Orientation in the American, English, and German University Systems, 5. Organizational Behavior and Strategic Change of Public Research Institutions in Turbulent Scenarios, 6. Centers of Learning Reconsidered in the Japanese Context, 7. Th e Autonomy of Science after Modernity, 8. Th e Crucible of Human and Social Sciences: Nondisciplinary Approaches to Human Subjects and the Role of the Intellectual in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France, 9. American Universities and the Stagnation of Knowledge, 10. Th e Sustainability Movement in the American University, 11. The University and Public Education, 12. In Lieu of the Epilogue: Joseph, Ben-David in Photographs, Contributors, Index
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Liah Greenfeld
